Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Sea Star | 1879-08-21 | 4 | The schooner was in port awaiting the abatement of the storm. She cleared for Foscoro. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-05-05 | 3 | Has been doing a little fast sailing lately. Made a round trip from Chicago to Foscoro and back to Chicago in about 75 hours. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-07-28 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Racine, 45 cords of wood and 60 cords of bark. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-07-14 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Racine, 100 cords bark. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-08-11 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Milwaukee, 50 cords wood and 500 telegraph poles. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-01 | 3 | Came in with merchandise for F. Swaty & Son and Swaty & Fellows. Took mechandise to Clay Banks for Swaty & Fellows new store. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-08 | 3 | Scow Sea Star cleared, Friday, with ties for F. Swaty & Son. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-11-03 | 3 | Scow Sea Star arrived in port Wednesday. She split her jib-topsail and main gaft top-sail coming down. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-03-24 | 3 | The scow Sea Star was towed to Foscoro on Tuesday by the steambarge Daisy Day. The star loaded wood for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-03-24 | 3 | The scow Sea Star arrived in Milwaukee on Thursday. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.